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November 4, 2022
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The final rule for 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) was released this week. It will have the biggest impact on your ACO’s financial opportunities and downside risk exposure since the introduction of Pathways to Success. With the new rules, some ACOs could get a substantial boost to their shared savings if they renew their agreement period early for PY 2024. While other ACOs might actually see a negative impact that could drive their future track, participant and attribution selections.
Interoperability of sex/gender EHR elements could help support research to improve population health, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers examined recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report “Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation” and the Health Level 7 (HL7) Gender Harmony Project (GHP) product brief “Gender Harmony—Modeling Sex and Gender Representation, Release 1.” “Both the HL7 GHP and the NASEM report agree on several fundamental principles: sex and gender are complex, multidimensional constructs that are essential for improving health at both the individual and population levels,” the researchers wrote.
Social determinants of health (SDoH)—the conditions in which people live and the systems that shape those conditions—are increasingly receiving attention. The COVID-19 pandemic, by exacerbating inequities and highlighting the prevalence of unmet basic needs has accelerated efforts to address SDoH. State Medicaid agencies, payers, providers, vendors, community-based organizations (CBOs), and other stakeholders have taken up the torch and are laying the foundations for long-term SDoH programs (see sidebar “What are social determinants of health?”). Despite the momentum, however, many stakeholders across the ecosystem are still in the early stages of addressing patients’ SDoH sustainably and at scale
CareJourney and Koda Health today announced new findings on the adoption rate of Advance Care Planning (ACP)1, using Medicare claims and enrollment data from 2015 to 2019.2 Overall, adoption rates of ACP are sluggish, with significant disparities across race and dual-status between Medicare Advantage (MA) and Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries. However, Accountable a Care Organizations (ACOs) are administering ACP at higher rates among FFS beneficiaries, and at higher rates compared to MA beneficiaries. Similar to prior studies, the analysis...
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UPCOMING WEBINARS:

5 Steps To Success in Risk-Based Contracts
  • Topic: Understanding and utilizing key data for performance evaluation, demographic makeup, provider performance, leakage identification, and patient engagement
Sponsored by: CareJourney
November 10, 2022 | 1 PM EST

How to Monitor Key Performance Metrics for ACO REACH Success
  • Topic: Understanding and utilizing population health trends and care management strategies to achieve success with ACO REACH
Sponsored by: CareJourney
November 15, 2022 | 2 PM EST

Impact of (final rule) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on your ACO’s financial decisions
  • Topic: Quantifying the impact of MPFS on your ACO and taking a practical approach to making hard financial decisions
Sponsored by: Validate Health
November 16, 2022 | 1 PM EST (assuming the MPFS is released by then)

Real Social Influencers: Pioneering Quality Measures for SDoH Resources
  • Topic: Examining the case study of two organizations working together to break down barriers and build a stronger community by effectively addressing SDoH needs
Sponsored by: HealthEC
November 17, 2022 | 11 AM EST

Technology Trends that Put the Patient First
& Bridge the Interoperability Gap
  • Topic: Exploring the healthcare industry's focus on interoperability, technology trends that focus on bridging the gap, and the benefit of successfully deploying interoperable solutions
Sponsored by: Proficient Health
November 29, 2022 | 1 PM EST

RECORDED WEBINARS:

Unlocking Health Literacy: The Key to Lowering Healthcare Costs
  • Topic: Quantifying the cost of healthcare illiteracy and utilizing digital strategies to improve healthcare literacy for patients and communities
Sponsored by: mPulse

MSSP to ACO REACH: TriHealth’s ACO Journey
  • Topic: A large community health system's transition to Direct Contracting/ACO REACH, how the decision was made, and what has helped them succeed
Sponsored by: Lumeris

3 Keys to Transitioning to an APM - Part 3: Clinician Strategy for APM Success
  • Topic: Creating the best APM clinical network, including covering clinical needs without generating liability, building physician trust, taking pressure off of PCPs, and generating collaboration and enthusiasm
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence

Check our our Webinar Archive to view past webinars on a variety of value-based care related topics!

Upcoming Conferences
22nd Population Health Colloquium
November 7 - 9, 2022 | Philadelphia, PA

HLTH 2022
November 13 - 16, 2022 | Las Vegas, NV

2022 Population Health Equity Virtual Summit
December 1, 2022 | Virtual

Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit: Special Edition
Held in conjunction with Health Care Value Week
January 23-27, 2023 | Virtual

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